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Russian Citizens Lose Faith In Putin As Economy Falters Deeply

Russian Citizens Lose Faith In Putin As Economy Falters Deeply

October 30, 2025 10:03 am

Mounting economic strain and new sanctions deepen Russia’s financial woes as public confidence in Vladimir Putin’s leadership continues to erode.

Vladimir Putin is facing growing public discontent as Russia’s economy shows fresh signs of decline, with new data suggesting that confidence in the country’s financial direction is slipping fast.

According to a recent Gallup poll, only 48 percent of Russians now believe their local economy is improving — a sharp drop from 56 percent last year. Nearly 40 percent say conditions are deteriorating, reflecting deepening unease over inflation, high interest rates, and slowing industrial output.

Economists warn that the …

Poland Warns Putin Against Using Its Airspace For Trump Summit

Poland Warns Putin Against Using Its Airspace For Trump Summit

October 21, 2025 9:51 am

Poland has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin against flying through its airspace to attend a planned peace summit in Hungary with US President Donald Trump, saying it could be compelled to enforce an international arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told Radio Rodzina on Tuesday that allowing Putin’s aircraft to transit Polish skies could put Warsaw in a legal bind under international law.

“I cannot guarantee that an independent Polish court won’t order the government to escort such an aircraft down to hand the suspect to the court in The Hague,” Sikorski …

Kim Joins Xi And Putin At Beijing Parade In Show Of Unity

Kim Joins Xi And Putin At Beijing Parade In Show Of Unity

September 10, 2025 9:47 am

At Beijing’s grand military parade last week, the optics were impossible to ignore. Flanked by Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un stepped onto the global stage not as a pariah, but as a central figure in an alternative order forged by the world’s most powerful autocrats.

For the North Korean leader, it was a rare moment of triumph. Long cast as a junior partner in relations with China and Russia, Kim emerged from the spectacle with tangible gains: a show of solidarity, renewed economic lifelines, and perhaps something more consequential — tacit recognition of North Korea’s nuclear status.…

Putin Meets Modi And Xi As Russia Secures Oil Partnerships

Putin Meets Modi And Xi As Russia Secures Oil Partnerships

September 2, 2025 9:40 am

Monday’s meeting between Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping, and India’s Narendra Modi highlighted a rare display of diplomatic solidarity and offered Putin an opportunity to engage directly with his country’s top oil buyers.

India and China have increasingly turned to Russian oil since Western nations imposed sanctions following Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Lower prices, coupled with restricted global trade, drew the two Asian giants to Russian crude, helping sustain Moscow’s economy amid mounting Western pressure.

At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, the three leaders discussed strengthening economic ties and coordinating strategies in a forum that …

Beijing Steps Up Security Before Xi’s Key Global Appearance

Beijing Steps Up Security Before Xi’s Key Global Appearance

September 2, 2025 9:14 am

Beijing is bracing for a grand military parade, a meticulously staged display of power orchestrated by President Xi Jinping. Eight massive Chinese flags flank a portrait of Mao Zedong atop the Gate of Heavenly Peace, overlooking Tiananmen Square, one of the largest public squares in the world.

Rows of seats have been reserved for 26 foreign heads of state, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, signaling Xi’s diplomatic influence. Nearby, outside the Great Hall of the People, two enormous floral arrangements commemorate the end of World War II, while seating for roughly 50,000 invitees stretches …

ICC's Spot-On But Hypocritical Arrest Warrant On Putin

ICC’s Spot-On But Hypocritical Arrest Warrant On Putin

March 27, 2023 2:43 am

It is beyond reprehensible when you discover that people who have put up an air of morality and pointed damning fingers at others, staring down their noses in condemnation of their actions, turn out to be worse off than the victims of their castigation.

Hearing world powers and leading organisations describe developing countries and institutions as backward, primitive, and immoral makes you wonder just how organised and righteous they are. But in truth, they are no worse than the uncivilised nations they ridicule, because, by our very nature, we are the same. No amount of denial or pretentious behaviour can …

Why The World Must Force Putin Into A Truce

Why The World Must Force Putin Into A Truce

December 12, 2022 2:58 am

It is time to bully the bully. The world can no longer continue to watch President Vladimir Putin throw his weight around while subjecting the world to unimaginable difficulties. There has to be an end to the whole charade and the time is now.

Today Putin’s Russia has become a big threat to the entire world order and with every passing day, the possibility of witnessing a Third World War which was once assumed unthinkable is now being seriously considered a possibility by diplomats thanks to the man who thinks through his ego. Following the invasion of Ukraine in February …

Putin Warns Of Danger In The Energy Market

Putin Teases Nuclear Arms As He Calls Up Reserve Forces

September 21, 2022 9:13 pm

The Russian President, Vladimir Putin has made an open order for a partial military mobilisation for some of his reserve forces while also vowing on Wednesday to use “all available means” including Nuclear powers to protect Russian territory, after some of the Moscow-held regions of Ukraine had suddenly announced annexation referendums.

The votes which had already been denounced by Kyiv and the West as a “sham”, will also dramatically up the stakes in the seven-month-old conflict in Ukraine by giving Moscow the ability to formally accuse the Ukrainian forces of attacking Russian territory.

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Russian President, Putin To Skip Gorbachev's Funeral

Russian President, Putin To Miss Gorbachev’s Funeral

September 2, 2022 6:54 am

Reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has it that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be present at the Soviet Union’s last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev’s funeral – this has been confirmed by Kremlin.

According to Dmitry Peskov, Mr. Putin’s spokesman, due to his responsibilities, he would be unable to participate in the funeral ceremony on Saturday.

Gorbachev passed away on Tuesday at the age of 91, following the said incident Putin’s spokesman claimed that the Russian president had paid his homage to the Soviet Union’s last leader at a hospital in Moscow.

While Mr. Putin has …

Russia Moved To Expand Armed Forces As Putin Signs Degree

Russia Moves To Expand Armed Forces As Putin Signs Decree

August 26, 2022 7:40 am
Reports reaching Africa to Daily News has it that Due to Moscow’s military intervention in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin of Russia has directed the Russian military to expand its manpower by 137,000, bringing the overall number of army personnel in the country to 1.15 million.
Vladimir Putin’s order, which becomes effective on January 1 did not define how the military would increase its strength—whether it would do so by increasing the number of conscripts, recruiting more volunteers, or doing both.
Following the directive which was announced on Thursday, there will be 1,150,628 more service members in the Russian military, bringing
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War Ukraine Sends Strong Warning To Russia

War: Ukraine Sends Strong Warning To Russia

July 23, 2022 5:45 am

The Ukrainian government has sent out strong warnings to Russia against provocations even as the ongoing war rages on. 

This is as the two countries signed a deal with the United Nations and Turkey on Friday to facilitate the export of grain.

The deal signed in Istanbul and mediated by Turkey and the UN would allow 5 million tonnes of grain exports per month from three Ukrainian ports, a senior UN official told CNN.

Ships carrying grains will now be able to navigate through a safe corridor in the Black Sea and then pass through the Bosphorus to reach global …

Putin Describes Russia’s Ukraine Operation Is A ‘Success’

Putin Gloats To US That Sanctions Are Pushing Russia Forward

July 1, 2022 7:04 pm

Vladimir Putin who is the Russian President, has reiterated that the numerous Western sanctions have only helped to push his country and its ally Belarus toward “speeding up integration. ”

Putin had further stated that the Russian integration with Belarus will come in various sectors, which, according to him, would further help to “minimize the damage” of the sanctions.

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“Russia and Belarus have continued to grow in their cooperation in the political, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres,” Putin said in a video message to the

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